Proverbs 21:24

24 "Scoffer" is what you call a proud, insolent person who acts with overweening conceit.

Proverbs 21:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:24

Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name
He shall be called a proud fool, a haughty fellow, a scornful blockhead; he shall get himself an ill name, and be treated with contempt; who dealeth in proud wrath;
whose pride shows itself in wrathful expressions and actions; who is proud and passionate in all his dealings with men, and who as it were makes a trade of pride and passion: to none is this character more applicable than to antichrist, the man of sin, that sits in the seat of the scornful; exalts himself above all that is called God, has a mouth speaking blasphemies, and a look more stout than his fellows, and deals in proud wrath against the saints of the most High.

Proverbs 21:24 In-Context

22 A wise man can go up into a city of warriors and undermine the strength in which it trusts.
23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
24 "Scoffer" is what you call a proud, insolent person who acts with overweening conceit.
25 A lazy man's craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work -
26 he covets greedily all day long; but a righteous person gives without holding back.
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